Sharp County record., 1887-08-25

The Baptists were hurled ont q,
in olden times. Those who svm,.a aa'
with them were confined, and wban
tion was offered asking leniencr W. q =
behalf, all the men who signed Il va. ~ = /
dicted. Has intolerance stopped tS.n
tist Church? The last statistics in ~ y
toit showed about thirty thousand c1.
and twenty-five hundred thousosS,
municants. Intolerance never nnt '
any thing. W.
In England a law was made ag,i,.
Jew. England thrust back the ''' 1a
thrust down the Jew, and declared a
Jew should hold official position ~
came of it? Were the Jews dos,.
Was their religion overtbrown,' I
Who became Prime Minister =, Y
gland years ago? Who was ma.
the throne? Who was higher tb,, /
throne because he was counselor ana
wiser? The descendant of a Jew mi
were we celebrating in all our cbu,,..
well as synagogue few years ago, \
one hundredth birthday anniyeps,.
Montefiore, the great Jewish phiI,rs
pist. Intolerance never yet put dow !,
thing.
But now, my friends, having Il.
you the origin of bigotry or sectsri,,.
and having shown you the dana,
does, l want briefly to show YOU boy
are to war against this terrible evil =,
think we ought to begin our war bv
izing our own weakness and ou IA,
fections. five make so many mistts
the common affairs of life, is it not M,
bic that we make mistakes in reg,I
our religious affairs? Shall we taks,,
by the throat or by the collar han
he can not see religious truths lust
do? In the light of eternity it vii
found, | think, there was something y,
in all our creeds, and something r,.
all our creeds. But since we NAV \
mistakes in regard to things Of then,
do not let us be egotistic and so puHs
as to have an idea that we can moi
any mistake in regard to religious tbsr
And then think we will do a ges,
to overthrow sectarianism from our
and the sectarianism from the worl
chiefly enlarging upon those thing
which we agree rather than thOs
which we differ.
Now, here is a great gospel platfOn
man comes up on this side Of the plat
and says: ~ don't belieu
baby sprinkling." Shall l shove bin
Here is a man coming up Oh
side the platform, and he
~ don't believe in the perse7a
of the saints" Shall shove hin
No. 1 will say: "Do you believe i
Lord Jesus and your Saviour D
trust in him for time and eternitYr
saws, "yes." ''Do you take ChristtG
and for eternity" "Yes.p | say v
on, brother; one in time and one ID
nitp; brother now, brother tOrT'
Blessed be God for a Gospel platr
large that all who receive Christ
stand on IT.!
I think we may overthrow The Z
sectarianism and bigotry in our d
and in the church also, by realizing
all the denominations Of Christians
Welded noble institutions and nobs
There is nothing tFat so stirs mYM
this thought. One denomination yea
Robert Hall and an AdOniram ID
another yielded a Latimer and a. Hsi
another yielded John Wesley nl
blessed Summerfeld, while or g
denomination yielded John Knox u
Alexanders-men of whom the WGA
not worthy. Now, | say if we anH
and fair.minded men, when we COM
the presence Of such churches and "
nominations, although they may y
ent from our own, we ought to admir-
and we ought to love and honor
Churches which produce such mel
such large hearted charity, and Na
nificent martYrdom, ought towlnM
tion-at any rate our respect, @a'f
We 100000 Episcopalians in this
and We 800, 900 Presbyterians, ANDY;
600 Baptists, and ye 8,75O,WO AsA'
come on, shoulder to shoulder
march for the worlds conquest
nations are to be saved, and GOd "
that you and help do it FCr7El
whole line.
Moreover, we may also oVel~
feeling of severe sectarlanlsm :
other denomination in Christian
like when the spring time COME =
anniversary occasions begin anu y :,
nations come upon the same 7
That overthrows sectarianlsn =
Young Mems Christian Assoclau.- =,
Bible Society, in the Tract sOcis! + =
Foreign Missionary Society, ',
shoulder all denominations 10 =
might more forcibly illustra@ 4;
by calling your attention 70 ss =,
which took place fourteen or nie n
ago. One Monday morning. ~
two O'Clock, while her VIZ n
dred passengers were SOuni tif
in her berths dreaming, IN,
the steamer Atlantic crashed U, All
Head. Five hundred souls IL "' HI
landed in eternity! Oh' was Lar
Agonized men and women runIu sa(
down the gangways and clutcan' ~. Co
rigging, and the plunge OIL W. I
steamer and the clapping Oh 'D' Da
the merciless sea over the dOs1 of ,
the dead, threw two continents anf
But see this brave quarter,mhas'-. 4 me,
out with the lifeline until uo p
rock; and see these fshermen apr
up the shipwrecked, and IaAn clai
the cabins, and wrapping thenI n I
nels snug and warm; and sec Il n We,
ter of the gospel, With three ~, y robl ii
getting into a life-boat and puss . had
the wreck, pulling away aCiuT r 8 $50
and pulling away until tns, a. i
more man, and then getting U' ID exp,
to the shore. Can these nen .,, and
tHat night9 And can they s inst
their companionship IN peiLb pDbip Sc